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  • I WANT IT!

    Just saw some info on a VCR that stopped me in my tracks:

    Sony WV-D9000 dual VCR miniDV/DVCAM/SVHS/VHS VCR w/firewire and built-in TBC.

    Talk about the perfect VCR for use with the RT-2000!!

    Now all I need is $2900 USD and it's mine ;-)

    My bank will begin accepting contributions next week (G).

    Dr. Mordrid



    [This message has been edited by DrMordrid (edited 09-25-1999).]

  • #2
    ...hmmmmm
    should I use the money for a down payment on a new Subaru Outback, or buy this deck...?

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    • #3
      I'm still trying to get my Rainbow Runner to quit skipping here and there when playing back! Things are getting cheap though for the advanced beginner! I have been told that a $700 digital 8 camcorder will record from analog better than any SVHS machine! The problem is that as this equipment gets cheaper to compete with broadcasting equipment, the broadcast equipment gets bumped up a notch that no amatateur can aford again! That money would make a nice downpayment on a Ford newer style pickup to replace my 83 Ranger Diesel.

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      • #4
        Ford Smord....

        I want one of those new HUGE Y2K Dodge Power Wagons.

        Damn thing looks like it belongs in the next Terminator movie.

        Dr. Mordrid


        [This message has been edited by DrMordrid (edited 09-25-1999).]

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        • #5
          Dr Mordrid, you Americans really go for big in a very big way, i've seen pictures of that Dogde Y2K Powerwagon and boy is it big, you make us Europeans in our dainty little cars and small roads look like flies. Is it a macho thing with your cars over there, the bigger the better????

          Tony
          To understand life we should remove complexity and find simplicity.
          Tony 1999

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          • #6
            For the record our main vehicle is a Dodge 350 RAM LE 9 passenger 1 ton (load) full sized van with a 360 cid V8 and 4 speed automatic. As in able to tow a 60' boat at 110 km/h EASILY.

            More Americans buy SUV's, vans and trucks than buy cars by a 2-1 margin at least. There are several factors that contribute to large vehicles being popular;

            1. Gas is relatively cheap.

            2. On average Americans are larger. Not only heavier but taller. This cuts out small cars for the majority of men who are 6' tall or over, some by a wide margin. Even many women are close to 6' here. My daughter Sabrina is 5'10.5". Son Kurt is 6'2". Son Chris is 6' even. I'm 6'1.5". None of us like driving with our knees around our ears.

            4. We generally have longer drives than Europeans and few locales have mass transit. We drive 400 miles one way to our second home in northern Michigan, near the Straits of Mackinaw, on many weekends. This is especially true during small game and deer season. That's Mom, Dad, the two older kids and their mates, Chris, Erik and two dogs: 70 and 110 lbs. Try that in a Whoop-te-Doo Subaru.

            5. Generally larger vehicles are safer. This appeals to families with children. Most Sport Utility Vehicles are now sold to women, especially single mothers.

            6. Americans do a lot of do-it-yourself home improvement in a big way. There is a home improvement warehouse about every 5-10 miles in metro areas. This means carrying home wallboard, paneling and lumber that would crush a small car, much less fit in it. We built our own master bath addition, two decks and a swing arbor.

            7. You've never seen the load from the bi-weekly trip to the grocery/department/clothing stores for this bunch.

            8. Michigan has more coastline than any state in the US. This means lots of huge trucks so folks can tow those 20'-60' boats you see EVERYWHERE. Even the folks living in low income housing in our area have boats, and we're 12 miles from the coastline. Sheesh....

            9. Add to that the other states from Washington to Califlakey and from Maine to Texas and you have many tens of millions of boaters who need big trucks to tow their toys. Even landlocked states like Idaho have zillions of boaters. Why? Fishing on the rivers and lakes. Fishing is so popular you can even buy bait in the grocery stores and gas stations around here.

            10. Then there are the millions of campers. They take cross-coutry trips in their mobile homes and trailers, most running 30-65 feet long. Most trailers towed are by big trucks at least as powerful as the Power Wagon. A guy down the street has a 1.5 ton Dodge RAM 4WD pickup (the one that looks like a Semi) with a 10 cyl. engine taken from the Dodge Viper for towing his. This is a production model truck.

            11. Then there are the macho types who four-wheel up side of mountains on the weekends. They make up about .5% of truck owners.

            Any more questions about Americans and trucks? ;-)

            Dr. Mordrid



            [This message has been edited by DrMordrid (edited 09-26-1999).]

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            • #7
              Thanks for the lesson Doc

              I worked for a while in a Landrover garage over here. Did you know that those babies carry 4 different spring rates/curves for each corner ? That's to cater for the fact that the driver usually weighs more than the passengers (true, don't laugh).

              Another interesting fact (for those that didn't already know) is that the Landrover V8 3.5 litre unit is a design bought out from Buick way back when Buick reckoned it was a pile of shit and cashed in. True it took LR a few years to figure out what to do with it apart from install it in RangeRovers for the V8 kudos, but at last they got the hang of it and have produced newer versions up to 4.2L. That engine went on to power the Rover SDI, TVR and Triumph Stags. It is also commonly found in Ford Escort mark 1 & 2, and I have even seen one installed in a Mazda RX7.

              On the other hand, I can testify that trailing anything behind a Landrover for more than an hour at a time is not a comfortable experience. I'd hate to drag anything 400 miles !

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              • #8
                The Rovers loading makes perfect sense. It's done here too. Think about it:

                Dad usually drives & is the largest.

                Mom usually rides shotgun and is next largest, but not as big as Dad.

                The kiddies are in the rear and are generally the lightest members of the family.

                The average family has two kids. The older is most often larger and wants to sit behind Dad in a presumed proximity to the succession of power (G).

                4 locations, 4 loads with the heaviest 2 on the drivers side.

                As for driving 400 miles with the family and boat:

                With the Dodge van you don't even notice the boat's back there.

                There's no problem with it jacknifing under braking as the boat trailer has electric brakes triggered by the vans brakes.

                Changes in the trailers tongue loading are handled by an automatic air pump operating on pneumatic shocks in the rear of the van.

                The only time I need be concerned with the boat is backing it into/out of the water or parking.

                Dr. Mordrid


                [This message has been edited by DrMordrid (edited 09-26-1999).]

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                • #9
                  I've just got Ford blue running in my veins! I did see the real old(built in the 50's) Powerwagon sitting on the back of Dodg'es newer series truck at the Detroit Auto Show about 4 yrs ago and it looked neat and that is what the new one was shaped after I believe.
                  Was that Buick V-8 the aluminum block engine from the early 60's? GM did some crazy things back then!
                  A lot of these american cars are in fact built from parts made in Eupope and Japan. The engines in the Ford Explorer came from Germany, trans from France. The manual trans in the Ranger, Explorer, and F150 come from Mazda in Japan. I personally drive the only rear wheel car non sports car made here (actually Canada)-Crown Vic (Linc. Town Car shares same chassis).

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                  • #10
                    First of all,

                    That deck is perfect for someone like me
                    Imagine.. XL1 -> RT2000 -> Sony WV-D9000 all in DV

                    Second thing,
                    The biggest car I owned was the Chevy Malabu, The transmition blew, so I bought a 1980 Camaro, the trany blew on that one too, so I bought a 1984 Dodge 400 and I blew the transmition on it also

                    I thought to my self maybe I'm a bit hard on automatic transmitions so I thought I should by Japaneeze with a manual trany and I went for an Acura Integra.
                    Then as I was driving home one day I happened to pass by an EX Maserati dealer test drove the biturbo SI and bought it

                    Now a doctor from the States wants to buy it, so now I'm looking at a Maserati 430..
                    Wish me luck

                    Elie

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                    • #11
                      Speaking of cars in the past....

                      I'll match you one 1970 Porsche 911S and raise you one 1972 Ferrari Dino 246 GT ;-)

                      The Porsche lost favor when one of the rear control arms let go mid-turn ;-)

                      The Ferrari lost favor when I acquired a family :-((

                      Dr. Mordrid

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                      • #12

                        Elie, for your sake I hope that every Maserati comes equipped with a manual transmission!

                        By the way, the 5-speed in my '87 Fiero is working fine.

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                        • #13
                          I don't know if it's me or not but I do tend to use the automatic transmition as a standard shifting from 1 to 2 to D and back to 1

                          And yes every Maserati I own and will ever own will have a 5 speed ZF gear box otherwise
                          I'll just break them all.

                          Doc,
                          I only have a wife no kids yet so until a baby arrives, I'll be having as much fun as I can with cars and computers ever!

                          Regards,
                          Elie

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                          • #14
                            Elie, did I ever mention that I accept donations ?

                            Doc, just sell your wifes sewing machine and you're half way there on the VCR

                            Ciao

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                            • #15
                              Ain't that the f*****g truth!!!!

                              Did I tell you she bought an embroidery machine this spring? Another 2 grand plus into the craft room.

                              And she cringed when I bought that 2 gigs of RAM sticks. Sheesh....

                              Dr. Mordrid

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